Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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Page 127
... Greek sculpture and a large body of literature remained , but for the musician interested in ancient musical style - the manner in which the Greek bard had sung his own words or the method of presenting Greek tragedy - there remained ...
... Greek sculpture and a large body of literature remained , but for the musician interested in ancient musical style - the manner in which the Greek bard had sung his own words or the method of presenting Greek tragedy - there remained ...
Page 220
... Greeks and " still in use among the Italians . " He implied that there was common in Italy in his day an imitation of Greek drama that differed from similar efforts elsewhere in the handling of the chorus . The phrase " still in use ...
... Greeks and " still in use among the Italians . " He implied that there was common in Italy in his day an imitation of Greek drama that differed from similar efforts elsewhere in the handling of the chorus . The phrase " still in use ...
Page 236
... Greek poets and critics , through the sixteenth - century Renaissance from Trissino and Minturno to Tasso , then up through Vondel . Even the musical qualities of the work which certainly exist , and have been sensed by musicians who ...
... Greek poets and critics , through the sixteenth - century Renaissance from Trissino and Minturno to Tasso , then up through Vondel . Even the musical qualities of the work which certainly exist , and have been sensed by musicians who ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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